I was surprised when I first learned (in October 2020) what observations are eligible for training, and I still am. People often assume only Research Grade observations are eligible (this surfaced in a recent forum thread), but unless something has recently changed, this is not the case. An observat…

Related question: as taxa accumulate more research grade observations, are observations in those taxa that are not research grade removed from the training set?

That’s a good question. As far as I know, the training set for any given run is selected at random from all eligible observations. So, for better or for worse, the answer to your question is no.

Thanks. I suppose this could be a feature in the future, though.

Wow! Thanks for that! And the search goes down to what taxon level?

This is incorrect as far as I know. I don’t know what the exact selection criteria are, but staff have said that certain types of observations are prioritized over others when many pictures are available. See some info in this post and throughout the thread: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-are-…

[image] peakaytea: And the search goes down to what taxon level? I’m not sure what you mean…

What observations are eligible for training?

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trscavo October 18, 2023, 10:48pm 8

The discussion in that thread is far from conclusive. For example, see this comment: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-are-photos-selected-for-cv-training/42403/30

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What observations are eligible for training?

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